S.B. No. 1852
AN ACT
relating to active shooter training for peace officers.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 1701.253, Occupations Code, is amended
by adding Subsection (q) to read as follows:
(q) As part of the minimum curriculum requirements, the
commission shall require an officer to complete a training program
of not less than 16 hours on responding to an active shooter as
developed by the Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response Training
Center at Texas State University--San Marcos. An officer shall
complete the program not later than the last day of the first full
continuing education training period that begins on or after the
date the officer is licensed under this chapter unless the officer
completes the program as part of the officer's basic training
course. Completion of a training program under this subsection
satisfies any other requirement, other than a continuing education
requirement under Section 1701.3525, for the officer to complete a
training program on responding to active shootings, including under
Section 37.0812(a), Education Code.
SECTION 2. Subchapter H, Chapter 1701, Occupations Code, is
amended by adding Section 1701.3525 to read as follows:
Sec. 1701.3525. ACTIVE SHOOTER RESPONSE TRAINING REQUIRED
FOR OFFICERS. (a) As part of the continuing education programs
under Section 1701.351(a), an officer must complete not less than
16 hours of training on responding to an active shooter as developed
by the Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response Training Center at
Texas State University--San Marcos.
(b) The exemptions under Sections 1701.351(b), (c), and (d)
do not apply to the training required by Subsection (a).
SECTION 3. As soon as practicable after the effective date
of this Act, the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement shall adopt
rules to implement Sections 1701.253(q) and 1701.3525, Occupations
Code, as added by this Act.
SECTION 4. The minimum curriculum requirements under
Section 1701.253(q), Occupations Code, as added by this Act, apply
only to an officer who first begins to satisfy those requirements on
or after January 1, 2024.
SECTION 5. Section 1701.3525, Occupations Code, as added by
this Act, applies only with respect to a 24-month continuing
education training unit that begins on or after the effective date
of this Act. A training unit that begins before the effective date
of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the training
unit began, and the former law is continued in effect for that
purpose.
SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1852 passed the Senate on
April 17, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1852 passed the House on
May 6, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 133, Nays 1, two present
not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
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Governor